Sentences with phrase «confusing traditional distinctions»

The painting, framed by it's bare edges, acts as a frame itself for the pastel drawing, confusing the traditional distinctions between frame and picture.

The finely detailed, hand - painted miniature patterns in gouache an unusual visual register to the transparent watercolors, layering silhouetted bodies in sinewy vines and other organic shapes, and confusing traditional distinctions between figure and ground.

The finely detailed, hand - painted miniature patterns in gouache add an unusual visual register to the transparent watercolors, layering silhouetted bodies in sinewy vines and other organic shapes, and confusing traditional distinctions between figure and ground.